To be great, do great.

I remember when I started this whole walking to Sydney thing.  It was the 1 October 2013 and I was really going through some self esteem issues.  What ever it was I was doing at the time didn't seem to be making me feel up lifted.  It was probably one of those 'Art Gallery ' moments I may have written about before.
I could see my life and what it was worth or what I wanted it to be worth but never really connecting with it.  You know the feeling?  You're allow to go behind the rope in front of the painting.  In fact you've been giving permission but there's a rope and no matter how much you've been told you have every right to get closer to the painting, you can't bring yourself to ignore the rope.
So I was having one of those moment and I just wanted to move from the setting I was in.
That was when I did the list of what I could do with my life. I spontaneously just wrote down, 'Walk to Sydney'.  Now this has become something I just have to do.  Plus I felt in order for me to be become great, I had to do great. Not because I have tickets on myself and want to big note myself but just to feel like I can achieve what I set out to do and maybe on the way, encourage other people to do the same no matter how big or small the goal is.
It got me thinking on my training walk today about where my motivation was and why it is I am doing this walk.  And it really did boils down to, 'To be great, do great'. I want that to be something I aspire to for my life and what I leave my daughters and how I want people to see me.
I am not famous and I am not really that different from most people.  We all want a sense of belonging, a sense of connection and a sense of purpose in our lives.  This walk I think it just a small part.  So this walk was the beginning of wanting all of that for my life because I wasn't feeling like I was moving forward or going anywhere. 
A walk is such a simple thing.  We put 1 foot in front of the other and we are off.  But it has become so much bigger for me.  I am actually achieving and striving for something in my life.
It may only be a small part of my life but it has so far played such a big part of my life too. 

Youtube..

Hey everyone
If you want to also check out my video diary go to Youtube and type in 'Kellyville to Sydney or bust Pt1 & Pt2... It will give you an idea about what I am trying to do...
It's a bit daggy but at least you can follow me on my journey in other ways to..
love yah Lizz

It's on again..

Hi all.. sorry it has taken me a while to blog...can't really find an excuse but I am back (for the time being.....
This is an extract of my latest journal entry... Yes I am walking to Sydney again and hopefully other people will be joining me this time.. I will be posting my progress on my blog and you can follow me as I go, just like last time.. plus I intent to do a video journaling too...so watch out for that..
so enjoy reading my entries and follow me as I go... You know I love having you read my blog and I am grateful for all of you (even if I don't know who you are)....
What you are going to read is also going to be used in my video journal, so it may read a little funny but if you read it the way you would say it then you should be alright...

15 July 2013

On Oct 1 2012, I decided to write a bucket list.  I had very low self-esteem at this point and felt I wasn’t doing enough with my life, so I wrote down things which I could achieve and some things I may not ever achieve but I wrote them down none the less.  There were things which challenged me to do stuff I could never imagine myself doing, the impossible & the possible.

One of the things on my list was to walk to Sydney.  This may sound somewhat easy but I wanted to walk from Kellyville to Sydney.  Kellyville is 35 - 39kms from Sydney.  Most people thought it was strange because it’s a long way.  But I put it on the list so knew I had to do it.  What was interesting about it was, it wasn’t something I really thought about, it was somewhat spontaneous.  I have no idea why I put it down, I just did.

On Saturday January 4 2013 at 5.30am, I set out on my walk.  I didn’t make it past Habberfield, 8kms short of walking to Sydney.  My body had gone as far as it could.  I couldn’t continue on any further.   Everyone who followed me on this journey via SMS was very encouraged by me getting that far and I was proud myself too.  I mean, there are not too many people who can say they have walked from Kellyville to Habberfield let alone from Kellyville to Sydney.  At the end of my walk (basically where I stopped) I was left with the feeling of, ‘I could do anything’.

However, I missed making it to Sydney.  I didn’t complete my walk.  I knew I had to finish what I set out to do.  I know I wanted to finish what I set out to do.  So on October 12, this year, 9 months from my last walk, I will be walking to Sydney again.  This time it will be walking to Circular Quay.  And this time I have invited people to join me. 

What I am doing is probably nothing new but it’s something I want to do.  People ask me (the fit and the unfit), ‘Why do you want to do that’?  I tell them, ‘because I can’ or ‘because it’s there’ and even, ‘Why not?’ I think people are expecting there to be a reason to walking that far.  I’ve even been asked if I am doing it for charity.  They find it strange someone would just want to walk to Sydney for no apparent reason. But really, who needs a reason? 

This is an account is my journey of walking to Sydney from Kellyville.  As well as being a journey of my preparation to get me there. 

So there you go... my first entry to my Sydney journey.... there are lots of stuff I have to add along the way and I occasionally post some video...
Enjoy coming with me again on my trip to get to Sydney..
love lizz

PS..I am taking the plunge and posting my video...please excuse the side ways view, I can't find the rotate button...
Hopefully it works...